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22 U.S.C. § 4803 — Designation of high risk, high threat posts
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**(a) Initial designation** Not later than 30 days after December 16, 2016, the Department of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report, in classified form, that contains a list of diplomatic and consular posts designated as high risk, high threat posts.
**(b) Designations before opening or reopening posts** Before opening or reopening a diplomatic or consular post, the Secretary shall determine if such post should be designated as a high risk, high threat post.
**(c) Designating existing posts** The Secretary shall regularly review existing diplomatic and consular posts to determine if any such post should be designated as a high risk, high threat post if conditions at such post or the surrounding security environment require such a designation.
**(d) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Appropriate congressional committees** — The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
(2) **High risk, high threat post** — The term “high risk, high threat post” means a United States diplomatic or consular post or other United States mission abroad, as determined by the Secretary, that, among other factors—
(A) is located in a country—
(i) with high to critical levels of political violence and terrorism; and
(ii) the government of which lacks the ability or willingness to provide adequate security; and
(B) has mission physical security platforms that fall below the Department of State’s established standards.
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**(a) Initial designation** Not later than 30 days after December 16, 2016, the Department of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report, in classified form, that contains a list of diplomatic and consular posts designated as high risk, high threat posts.
**(b) Designations before opening or reopening posts** Before opening or reopening a diplomatic or consular post, the Secretary shall determine if such post should be designated as a high risk, high threat post.
**(c) Designating existing posts** The Secretary shall regularly review existing diplomatic and consular posts to determine if any such post should be designated as a high risk, high threat post if conditions at such post or the surrounding security environment require such a designation.
**(d) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Appropriate congressional committees** — The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
(2) **High risk, high threat post** — The term “high risk, high threat post” means a United States diplomatic or consular post or other United States mission abroad, as determined by the Secretary, that, among other factors—
(A) is located in a country—
(i) with high to critical levels of political violence and terrorism; and
(ii) the government of which lacks the ability or willingness to provide adequate security; and
(B) has mission physical security platforms that fall below the Department of State’s established standards.
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Level IV of the Executive Schedule applies to the following positions, for which the annual rate of basic pay shall be the rate determined with respect to such level under chapter 11 of title 2, as adjusted by [section 5318 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5318&num=0&edition=prelim):
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**(a) Definitions** In this section—
(1) the term “agency” means an Executive agency (as that term is defined in [section 105 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section105&num=0&edition=prelim)), but does not include the Government Accountability Office;
(2) the term “combat zone” means a geographic area designated by an Executive order of the President as an area in which the Armed Forces are engaging or have engaged in combat, an area designated by law to be treated as a combat zone, or a location the Department of Defense has certified for combat zone tax benefits due to its direct support of military operations;
(3) the term “employee” means an officer or an individual who is—
(A) appointed in the civil service, the Foreign Service, or any appointment authority other than the uniformed services (as that term is defined in [section 101 of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section101&num=0&edition=prelim)), by one of the following acting in an official capacity:
(i) The President.
(ii) A Member or Members of Congress, or Congress.
(iii) An individual who is an employee under this section.
(iv) The head of a Government-controlled corporation;
(B) engaged in the performance of a Federal function under authority of law or an Executive act; and
(C) subject to the supervision of an individual described in subparagraph (A) while engaged in the performance of the duties of his or her position;
(4) the term “high risk, high threat post” has the meaning given that term in [section 4803 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4803&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(5) the term “leave year” means the period beginn
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**(a) Findings** The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) State Department policy concerning the advertising of security contracts at Foreign Service buildings has been inconsistent over the years. In many cases, diplomatic and consular posts abroad have been given the responsibility to determine the manner in which the private sector was notified concerning an invitation for bids or a request for proposals with respect to a local guard contract. Some United States foreign missions have only chosen to advertise locally the availability of a local security guard contract abroad.
(2) As a result, many United States security firms that provide local guard services abroad have been unaware that local guard contracts were available for bidding abroad and such firms have been disadvantaged as a result.
(3) Undoubtedly, United States security firms would be interested in bidding on more local guard contracts abroad if such firms knew of the opportunity to bid on such contracts.
**(b) Objective** It is the objective of this section to improve the efficiency of the local guard programs abroad administered by the Bureau of Diplomatic Security of the Department of State and to ensure maximum competition for local guard contracts abroad concerning Foreign Service buildings.
**(c) Participation of United States contractors in local guard contracts abroad** With respect to local guard contracts for a Foreign Service building which exceed $250,000 and are entered into after February 16, 1990, the Secretary of State shall—
(1) establish procedures to ensure that all solicitations for such contracts are adequately advertised in the Commerce and Business Daily;
(2) absent compelling reasons, award such contracts through the competitive process;
(3) in evaluating proposals f
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**(a) In general** The following security requirements shall apply with respect to United States diplomatic facilities and specified personnel:
(1) **Threat assessment**
(A) *Emergency Action Plan* — The Emergency Action Plan (EAP) of each United States mission shall address a range of threats, including that of large explosive attacks from vehicles and from complex attacks (as such term is defined in [section 4866 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4866&num=0&edition=prelim)), and the safety of employees during such an explosive attack or such a complex attack. Such plan shall be reviewed and updated annually.
(B) *Security Environment Threat List* — The Security Environment Threat List shall contain a section that addresses potential acts of international terrorism against United States diplomatic facilities based on threat identification criteria that emphasize the threat of transnational terrorism and include the local security environment, host government support, and other relevant factors such as cultural realities. Such plan shall be reviewed and updated every six months.
(2) **Site selection**
(A) *In general* — In selecting a site for any new United States diplomatic facility abroad in a location that has certain minimum ratings under the Security Environment Threat List as determined by the Secretary in his or her discretion, the Secretary shall ensure that all United States Government personnel at the post (except those under the command of an area military commander, personnel of the Peace Corps, and personnel of any other type or category of facility that the Secretary may identify) will be located on the site.
(B) *Waiver authority*
(i) *In general* — Subject to clause (ii), the Se
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**(a) In general** Individuals assigned permanently to or who are in long-term temporary duty status as designated by the Secretary of State at a high risk, high threat post shall receive security training described in subsection (b) on a mandatory basis in order to prepare such individuals for living and working at such posts.
**(b) Security training described** Security training referred to in subsection (a)—
(1) is training to improve basic knowledge and skills; and
(2) may include—
(A) an ability to recognize, avoid, and respond to potential terrorist situations, including a complex attack;
(B) conducting surveillance detection;
(C) providing emergency medical care;
(D) ability to detect the presence of improvised explosive devices;
(E) minimal firearms familiarization; and
(F) defensive driving maneuvers.
**(c) Effective date** The requirements of this section shall take effect upon December 16, 2016.
**(d) Definitions** In this section and [section 4867 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4867&num=0&edition=prelim):
(1) **Complex attack** — The term “complex attack” has the meaning given such term by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, as follows: “An attack conducted by multiple hostile elements which employ at least two distinct classes of weapon systems (i.e., indirect fire and direct fire, improvised explosive devices, and surface to air fire).”.
(2) **High risk, high threat post** — The term “high risk, high threat post” has the meaning given such term in [section 4803 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4803&num=0&edition=prelim).
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The Secretary to the extent practicable shall station key personnel for sustained periods of time at high risk, high threat posts (as such term is defined in [section 4803 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4803&num=0&edition=prelim)) in order to—
(1) establish institutional knowledge and situational awareness that would allow for a fuller familiarization of the local political and security environment in which such posts are located; and
(2) ensure that necessary security procedures are implemented.
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 4803
‘‘(a) SPECIAL SECURITY PROGRAM.—The Secretary of
State shall develop and implement, within three
months after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 22,
1987], a special personnel security program for per-
sonnel of the Department of State assigned to United
States diplomatic and consular posts in high intel-
ligence threat countries who are responsible for secu-
rity at those posts and for any individuals performing
guard functions at those posts. Such program shall in-
clude—
‘‘(1) selection criteria and screening to ensure suit-
ability for assignment to high intelligence threat
countries;
‘‘(2) counterintelligence awareness and related
training;
‘‘(3) security reporting and command arrangements
designed to counter intelligence threats; and
‘‘(4) length of duty criteria and policies regarding
rest and recuperative absences.
‘‘(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 6 months
after the date of enactment of this subsection [Dec. 22,
1987], the Secretary of State shall report to the Con-
gress on the special personnel security program re-
quired by subsection (a).
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—As used in subsection (a), the term
‘high intelligence threat country’ means—
‘‘(1) a country listed as a Communist country in
section 620(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [22
U.S.C. 2370(f)]; and
‘‘(2) any other country designated as a high intel-
ligence threat country for purposes of this section by
the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the
Director of Central Intelligence, or the Director of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation.’’
[Reference to the Director of Central Intelligence or
the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the
Director’s capacity as the head of the intelligenc
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